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Lisa Du
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2017
Sapporo snaps up Anchor Steam in U.S. craft-beer foray
Anchor Brewing Co., a century-old San Francisco brewer that helped pioneer the craft-beer movement, will be acquired by Sapporo Holdings Ltd., part of a push by Japanese beverage companies to seek growth on U.S. soil.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 25, 2017
Revival-seeking rural Japan feels left out as casino plans favor major cities
Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama are emerging as likely candidates for casino resorts under the government's new bidding framework, triggering criticism from smaller cities that say it undermines Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal of reviving rural areas.

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A woman passes an "akichi" (vacant lot) in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. The capital is littered with such small lots in part because of Japan's aging and shrinking population.
Dealing with rising land vacancies as Japan shrinks